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It therefore appears to us that several of these techniques, singly or in combination, should be considered "cruel inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment" within the meaning of Article 16. The techniques least likely to be sustained are the techniques described as "coercive," especially viewed cumulatively, such as the waterboard, walling, dousing, stress positions, and cramped confinement. Zelikow's position on enhanced interrogation techniques and waterboarding stands in contrast to Romney, who has made it clear on several occasions that he is not opposed to enhanced interrogation techniques and he does not believe waterboarding constitutes torture. President Barack Obama signed an executive order early in his presidency limiting interrogation techniques to those specifically allowed in the Army Field Manual, which effectively outlawed waterboarding. The New York Times reported last month that Romney aides had prepared an internal memo for the candidate that advised him to "rescind and replace President Obama's executive order" and permit secret "enhanced interrogation techniques against high-value detainees that are safe, legal and effective in generating intelligence to save American lives." Following that report, when asked by a reporter if he classifies waterboarding as torture, Romney said, "I don't." Last November, Romney spokesperson Andrea Saul also said that Romney does not classify waterboarding as torture and would not specify which "enhanced interrogation techniques" he would be open to using if elected. Last December, Romney said he supported "enhanced interrogation techniques which go beyond those that are in the military handbook right now." Josh Rogin writes The Cable for Foreign Policy. @joshrogin WELFARE: Obama guts reform 5 x 1= -c v) D 0 (/) 0 a 0 < u_ D co MORGAN THEATRE, 7:301 team with former New Jersey Governor and 9/11 Commission co-chairman Tom Kean. Zelikow is another GOP senior foreign-policy hand from the realist camp in the top ranks of the Romney transition team. The head of the national security team is former Deputy Secretary of State and former World Bank President Bob Zoellick, a pick that roiled neoconservatives and hawks inside the Romney campaign when it was announced in August. But there are also hawks on the transition team, including former U.N. official Rich Williamson and former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman. Zelikow ran afoul of many of his colleagues inside the George W. Bush administration in 2005 when he wrote an internal memo expressing opposition to the Office of Legal Counsel's findings that allowed the use of enhanced interrogation techniques, including waterboarding. He wrote about how his dissenting view was received in a 2009 post on Foreign Policy's Shadow Government blog. "My colleagues were entitled to ignore my views. They did more than that: The White House attempted to collect and destroy all copies of my memo. I expect that one or two are still at least in the State Department's archives," Zelikow wrote. He was right. In April 2012, the State Department released Zelikow's memo pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request. Here's what he wrote at that time: In looking to objective standards to inform a judgment about evolving standards of decency or interrogation techniques that shock the conscience, three They are just giving the states an opportunity to find more "effective" ways of helping people find work. Forgoing the work requirement will cause lots of problems for the United States. If the government no longer requires people to be looking for jobs, we could have many more people who are just receiving welfare as if it was a entitlement program. Our debt as a nation is already astronomical, and we don't need more people receiving free money from the government. Welfare should be a system that helps struggling families get back on their feet. People who are on welfare should be looking for steady work so they no longer have to rely on the government for assistance. Far too many people in this country collect welfare and aren't looking for gainful employment. Every year in the United States, $131.9 billion — yes, that is a billion — is spent on welfare. This doesn't include Food Stamps or unemployment. $131.9 billion — that is a lot of money. Just to get an idea of just exactly how much money this is, here are some things that can be bought with $1 billion: Instagram, Real Madrid's island in the UAE, and a cure for Lou Gehrig's disease. That is only one billion dollars. Imagine what could be done if we cut down on how much is spent on welfare and put it into a good cause. The good that money could do could help millions not only in this country but around the world. So what can be done to fix this problem? That is what the battle in the election is about. President Obama has already put out his directive, but what would Mitt Romney do? He believes people should have to fulfill the work requirement, and he wants to help the economy grow and create jobs. Creating jobs would help many people get off welfare and thus make them independent of the government, thereby cutting government spending. Welfare can be a good thing. It can give people self esteem to help them get on their feet. There needs to be work requirements so people aren't getting something for nothing. If you give a man a fish he eats for a day, but if you teach a man to fish you feed him for a lifetime. People need to work for what they have, even if it's just a small job. Other welfare programs don't just give handouts, they make people do things for assistance. Welfare should have a work requirement so people can help themselves. Americans are strong people and can rise from poverty and unemployment. People who don't want a hand up, want a hand out. - Whitney Beames is a sophomore dual majoring in secondary education and family and consumer sciences with a minor in political science. She is from Willard, Utah. She can be reached at whitney. beames@aggiemail. usu. edu. |